Course
Course 7.5 credits • ITAM12
Teaching – spring semester of 2020
The Dean decides
- The Joint Faculties of Humanities and Theology will temporarily transfer to distance teaching and examination by using the online platform Canvas or the tool Zoom. Exceptions are possible with consideration to e.g. group sizes. The change will occur starting March 18 2020 and will persist until the recommendations relating to the corona epidemic change.
COURSE CONTENT
The course aims to provide the students with knowledge and understanding of modern Italian sociolinguistics and dialectology as well as of basic variations found in the Italian language. It examines geographic and social explanations of language variation. Basic concepts such as language variation, standard varieties of a language, multilingualism and code switching, language contact, language preservation and language politics in the Italian speaking world are studied. In addition, various methods of research used within the fields of sociolinguistics and dialectology are discussed.
DISTANCE COURSE
This is a distance learning course using the learning platform Canvas, with online lectures over Zoom. You need access to a computer with internet connection, webcam, and a headset throughout the semester.
Programme affiliation: May be part of Master's Programme in Language and Linguistics
Study period:
spring semester 2020
Type of studies:
part time, 50 %,
day
Study period:
2020-01-20 – 2020-03-22
Language of instruction:
English
Application code:
LU-74911
Eligibility:
Italian: B. A. Course (ITAK01) or the equivalent
Introductory meeting: Monday, 20 January at 15.15 – 17.00 in SOL:L303b
Course coordinator:
Verner Egerland
Teachers:
Verner Egerland
Second Admission Round
Nationell ansökningsomgång
Spring semester 2025
Last application date
15October 2024